Stump-puller.



No. 815,586. PATBNTED MAR.,20, 1906.

B. A. FULLER d M. BATBMAN.

STUMP FULLER.

APPLIGATION FILED 00T. 27.1905.

-.. raise and lower the sweep vide improved meansfor taking up the slack i clalms, and illustrated i trating the triple vide improved llllustrating one oft hold said dog UNITED STATES7 vPATENT oEEroE.

` BERNARD A. MILLERv AND yMILES RATEMAN, or' CENTERVILLE, iowA.

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To @ZZ whom it may concern.-

Beit known that we, BERNARD A. FLLER l citizens of the United and MILES BATEMAN, Statesof America, and residents of Centerville, Appanoose county, ed' a new and useful Stump-Puller, of which the following is a speciiication.

vThe object of this im roved means for pulling stumps. l further object of this invention is to provide an improved windlass. Y A further obj ectofthis invention is to provide an improved construction for cable and drum Windlasses. I further'object of this invention is to roof a cab .A further object of this invention is to pro` videfimproved means forl clutching the power mechanismto the drum device of av` windlass.

A further object of this invention is to pro'- vide improved means for unclutching or detaching the power mechanism device of a windlass.

A further object of this invention is topprovide improved means-for unclutching a*y power mechanism from a drum device and improved means for viceto take up slack drum device is disengaged from the power mechanism.

A further'obj ect ofthis invention is to promeans for disconnecting the drum device from the machine-frame in orto be applied. y

` ur invention consists inthe construction,

arrangement,y and combination of elements hereinafter set y forth, pointed out in our drawings, in which` p v Figure 1 is a plan of the machine, a'portio'n of the sweep being broken away. Fig. 2 1s a een# tral vertlcal section of the machine on the indi- Fig. 3 is detail vi'ew* eratcla-et-dogsemployed j to connect the drum deviceto the-maclnneframe and showing the means' employed to" cated kline 2 2 vof Fi 1.

out v'of engagement withthe drum'device. Fioml 4. isa

t Ae sweep-post tothe is adetail View of the and sweep-postsy Specification of Letters Patent. Application ned october 27,1905. serial 110.285.227.

Iowa, have inventinvention is to provide l said 11n one piece by from the drum formed 'with a rotating said drum de- I of a cable while saidy holes 18 and p vwith a. portion 2-7 intermediate of its ends 9(J and iitted to the hole 24 vmounted yfor rotation in the bythe l accompanying p i 4 three angular 'clutcheseats29,`

detail plan illus-v ctlutch employed `to connect-- drum device.;s Fi `5 'lugs 34 are for-'medon the lower means employe to hub 33 and iit. to Y- lhub 26a.Y

anchoring-cable (not shown) wrapped around standard.l Holes15 16 are rovided-at the top and bottom of the stan ard 11 and are a apted to receive the anchoring=cable atti-mes kwhen it is 'desired -to anchorthe frarneother than at its center. A circular hole17 is formed in the base 10, and a circular hole v18 of materially greater diameter is' formed in the top plate 13, the centers of said holes being in almement. f

spool 19 or drum device is mounted in the frame with its lower end resting on the base 10. Thespool'1`9r preferably is formedl moldingand has a ower pe- 20 and rlpheral` Aflange circu ower end and asquar'e hole 24i-n its upper end the cen-1 the spool. A shoulder 25 is hole 24 in the spool. A

A tubular center post 26, generally circu lar in cross-section, is mounted through the 17 ofthe frame and isformed yformed in the square 1n cross-section and extending through in' the spool and normally resting on the shoulder 25. A By means of the center post 26 kthe spool 19 is frame, saidpost being journaled in said frame. The center hub-261-,land saidhub is formed lar depression28 its upper with a circu:

wardly tosaiddepression 26 alsoV isformedwith a across nearr-itsV lowerl end square hole 31 'isformed inr'said'flange. A'tubular sweepepost 32 'is mounted rlhe 'center post ,lower end abovev the'flange 30. A

Patent-ea March ao, 1906.

central location of i tersof said holes coincident with the aXi's of surface'ahd opening Jupe Ioo ange-orjplatefeo' v n portion, and la loosely f in `the'bore ofthe vcenter po'st726,with ,itsf

post 32 and fits within thecirculardepression i g Sweepflanges 35 eoa'reformeden Three Clutch-y fate of the IIC) posty 26 is enlarged at-its upper end to form a IOS i hub 33 is Y 'formedon'L the upper vend portion* of-th'esweep'- and extend upward parallel with each other from the hub 33, and'holes 37 in said hub receive bolts 33, whereby a sweep 39 is attached thereto. A rock-shaft 40 is journaled in and extends across the hub 33 and is formed with square ends engaging in square holes in cams 4142. The cam 41 is formed with a handlesocket adapted to receive a handle 43; but the other cam has no such socket. Each cam 41 42 is formed with an end face 44, normally just clearing the top platey 13 of the frame, and side faces 45 46 at right angles to the end face and connected thereto by round corners. The distance between the axis of the rock-shaft 40 and either of the side faces 45 46 surpasses the distance between said axis and the end face by more than the depth of the clutch-seats 29 in order that in' an oscillation of the rock-shaft sufficient to bring either face 4 5 46 in contact with the top plate 13 the hub 33 and sweep-post 32 will be raised to the extent necessary to disengage the clutch-lugs 34 from said seats. Such raising and disengagementl ofthe sweep-post permit rotation of the center post and spool independent of the sweep-post for a purpose and by means hereinafter set forth. The rockshaft may be oscillated in either direction by manual actuation` of the lever 43, according to the convenience of the operator standing on eitherside of the frame and insures the conjunctive oscil ation of the cams 41 42. Theside faces 45 46 of the cams are made flat to insure normal retention of the cams in the position assumed thereby when normally actuated. A hole is formed in the sweep 39, and a rod 47 is mounted through said hole and through the bore of the sweep-post and is formed with a square end fitting to the square hole 31 ofthe flange 30. A wheel 48 is mounted rigidly on the upper end of the rod 47 and is provided with integral upwardly-projecting lugs 49, to which a hand stick or lever (not shown) may be applied in aconventional way to rotate the wheel, rod, center post, and spool when the sweep-post is raised out of engagement with the center post. Such manual rotation of the spool is desirable and advantageous at times in that it permits taking up or paying -out c able on or from the drum and avoids the (otherwise) necessity of moving the frame in making a shorter or longer hitch. The spool 19 is formed with a spiral groove 5() in its periphery to receive a draft-cable. (Not shown.) Loops 51 52 are formed on the top plate 13 adjacent the standards 11 12, and ratchetdogs 53 54 are pivoted therein on bolts 55 56, which bolts extend horizontally through the loop and dogs and are screwed into nuts 57 58, molded in the top plate. The ratchet-dogs 5,3 54 normally engage the ratchet 22 on the flange 21 at diametrically opposite points and prevent reverse movement of the spool -i'n use. At times when the spool is to be reversely moved to pay out cable therefrom the ratchet-dogs 53 54 are raised out of engagement with the ratchet 22 and are sustained by pins 59 60, removably placed in coinciding notches in the loops 51 52 and the top plate and through holes in the dogs. The pins 59 60 normally are attached to the top plate to prevent misplacing and loss by chains lt will be observed that the anchoring end (standard 11) of the frame is made materially stronger than the other end, since it receives the greater strain.

We claim as our invention- 1. In a stump-puller, a frame, a spool therein formed with an angular hole in its upper portion, a tubular center post formed with an angular portion removably mounted in said angular hole whereby said center post is clutched to said spool, a tubular sweeppost clutched to the center post, and means for disengaging the sweep-post from the center post.

2. In a stump-puller, a frame, a s therein and formed with an angular ho e in its upper portion, a center post journaled in the frame and formed with an angular portion removably mounted in said angular hole, whereby the center post is clutched to the spool, and also formed with a clutch-seat in its upper end, a sweep-post formed with a clutch member removably mounted in said clutch seat, whereby the sweeppost is clutched to the center post, and manuallyactuated cam devices for raising ool the clutch member from the clutch-seat and thereby disengaging the sweep-post from the center post.

3. In a stum -puller, a frame, a spool therein, a tubular center post clutched to said spool, a tubular sweep-post clutched to the center post, and means for disengaging the sweep-post from the center post, which means comprise a rock-shaft in the sweeppost, cams on said rock-shaft adapted to engage said frame and a handle on one of said cams.

4. In a stump-puller, a frame, a spool therein, a tubular center post clutched to said spool, a tubular sweep-post clutched to the center post, and means for disengaging the sweep-post from the center post, which means comprise a rock-shaft in the sweeppost, cams on said rock-shaft formed with flat side faces adapted to engage said frame and a handle on one of said cams.

5. In a stump -,puller, a frame, a spool therein, a ratchet flange on said spool, ratchet-dogs on said frame and adapted to engage said ratchet-Harige at diametrically opposite points, pins removably mounted in said frame and adapted to engage and sustain said dogs in elevated positions at times, a tubular center post clutched to said spool, a tubular sweep-post clutched to the center IOO IOS

said connected, one of said standards formed with clutch connections between said spool and vices on the sweep-post and adapted to enopposite points, pins removably mounted o said of the sweep-post.

holes at its ends, a tubular center post journaled in and extending through .the central portion ofthe base and top plates, a'spool mountedwithin said frame and surrounding said center post,said spool formed with an angular cavity, the center post formed with an angular portion fitting said angular cavpost, and means for disengaging the sweeppost from the center post.

6. In a stum -puller, a frame, a spool` therein, a .ratc et `flange on said spool, ratchet-dogs onsaid frame and adapted to engage said ratchet-ange at Adiametrically opposite points, pins removably mounted in frame and adapted to engage and sustain said dogs in elevated positions at times, a tubular center post clutched to said spool, a tubular sweep-post clutched to the center t[40st, means for disengaging lthe sweep-post om the center post, arod mounted through said sweep-post, andmeans for connecting said rod to the center post whereby the cen- -ter post and spool may be rotated independent of the sweep-post. y

7. In a stum -puller, a frame, a spool therein, a rato et'- flange on said spool, saidl frame and adapted to vengage said ratchet-flange at diametri'cally frame `and `adapted to engage and sus'- tain said dogs in elevated positions at times, a tubular center post/clutched to said spool, a tubular sweep-post clutched to the center post, means for disengaging the sweep-posr om the center post, a rod mounted through said sweep-post, a manually-operated wheel on said rod, and means for connecting said rod to the center post whereby the center post and spool may be rotated independent post, said center post formed with a circular cavity and clutch-seats within said cavity, said sweep-post formed with a circular 'hub iitting sald circular cavity and clutch-lugs iitting said clutch-seats, ratchet-and-dog connections between said top plate and spool, and means for raising and lowerin said sweep-post' in respect of said center post.

10. In a stump-pu ler, a frame, a tubular centerpost journaled therein, a drum-spool mounted on and clutched to said center post, ratchet-and-dog connections between said spool and frame, a tubular sweep'- post mounted for longitudinal adjustment in and clutched to said center post, manually-actuated cam devices composed of a rock-shaft in said sweep-post, cams on said rock-shaft and a handle on one of said cams, for raising and unclutching said sweep-post, and manuallycenter post and spool conjunctively independent ofthe sweepost.

11.v In a stumpul er, a frame, a tubular center post journa ed therein, ak drum-spool mounted on'and clutched to Asaid center post, suspensible ratchet-and-dog connections between said spool and frame, comprising a ratchet-flange on the spool, dogs pivoted in the frame, and pins adapted to engage with and support said' dogs, mounted for longitudinal adjustment in and clutched to s aid center post,`manually-actu ated cam devices composed of a rock-shaft in the sweep-post, cams on said and a handle on one of said cams, for raising and unclutching said sweep-post, and manually-actuated rotating devices for rotating the center post and spool conjunctively in either direction independent of the sweepost.

'p Signed by us, at lCenterville, Iowa, this 29th dayof April, 1905.

BERNARD A, FULLER. MILES BATEMAN.

8. In a stump-puller, a frame comprising a base, standards and top plate integrally a groove at the center of its inner face, a tubular center post j ournaled in `and extending through the central portion of said base and top plates, a spool mounted within said ame and surrounding said center post,

center post, a sweep-post mounted within said center post, clutch connections between said center post and sweep-post, ratchetand-dog connectionsbetween said top plate and spool, and manually-operated cam degage said top plate whereby said sweep-post may be raised and disengaged from the center post.

9. In a stump-puller, a frame comprising a base, standards. and top plate integrally Witnesses: connected, one of said standards formed with R. M. HICKS,

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a groove at the center of its inner face and actuated rotating devlces for rotating the' rock-shaft,

1ty a sweep-post mounted within ysaid centerl a tubular sweep-post l IOO 

